PSR has an extensive experience in studies related to water resources and environment. The multidisciplinary characteristic of our team contributes to a comprehensive in-depth approach. These studies have been prepared for investors, government and multilateral agencies, electricity trading companies, regulatory agencies, watershed committees and universities/research centres.

Water Resources

PSR's activities in Water Resources area include:

Elaboration of Water Resources Master Plans

Hydroelectric Inventory Studies in Brazil (following ANEEL guidelines) and abroad, through our first-assessment ("pre-inventory") approach based on the computational model HERA and public databases, such as NASA's SRTM for topography

Modeling

Water resources

Hydrodynamic models (water quality, sediment transportation, etc.)

Hydrological modeling (eg. Rainfall to runoff models)

Impacts of Climate Change in water resources availability and hydropower

Water-energy nexus

Evaluation of environmental constraints for the operation of reservoir